STRIKE PROPENSITIES AT THE BRITISH WORKPLACE

Strikes are commonly believed to be an important part of the UK economic problem both directly in terms of lost output and because of the poor state of industrial relations of which they are widely regarded as a symptom. Here, a new data source, the Department of Employment/Policy Studies Institute/...

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Published in:Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics 1986-02, Vol.48 (1), p.19-39
Main Authors: Blanchflower, David, Cubbin, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bargaining
Economic theory
Game theory
Labor relations
Labor unions
Probability
Statistical analysis
Strikes
Studies
Variables
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Summary:Strikes are commonly believed to be an important part of the UK economic problem both directly in terms of lost output and because of the poor state of industrial relations of which they are widely regarded as a symptom. Here, a new data source, the Department of Employment/Policy Studies Institute/ESRC Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (1980) is used to investigate the relative importance of various aspects of the workplace environment in increasing the likelihood of industrial action. Where the same variables were used by Daniel and Millward (1983), the multivariate results broadly confirm their findings. The proposed game theoretic model is superior to the notion of strikes as accidents as propounded by Siebert and Addison (1981).
ISSN:0305-9049
1468-0084
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0084.1986.mp48001002.x